Daniel worthington



(No Model.)

D. WORTHINGTON.

CLOTHES TONGS.

No. 327,049. Patented Sept. 29, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL WORTHINGTON, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

CLOTHES-TONGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,049, dated September 29, 1885.

Application filed August 11, 1884.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL WORTHLNG- TON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Paterson, Passaic county, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Clothes-Sticks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The object of my invention is to provide a device of new construction whereby clothes in wash can be handled with facility. I attain this object by the construction shown, which will be hereinafter fully explained, and pointed out in the claim.

Figure l of the drawings shows the device in elevation and jaws open. Fig. 2 shows the device in elevation with jaws closed, and Fig. 3 is a plan of the device, the spring not being Shown.

A representsa clothes manipulator or stick constructed and having jaws a and b, which jaws are suitably tapered and rounded on their outer surfaces, and are secured in position by means of galvanized sheet metal plates, 0, which plates are suitably curved, as shown, and which are secured to the jaw b by screws f, which screws pass 'through countersunk holes prepared therefor in the plates 0, the screwsf entering the hard-wood jaw b, holding said jaw firmly in position against the plates 0. The jaw a, which is pivoted to the plates 0 on a pivot, e, is provided at its inner end with a curved recess, 9, to accommodate a node, h, arranged on the inner end and upper part of an operating-handle, k. The end of the jaw a slopes outward from the recess in order to free itself from the handle in and (No model.)

ably in aslot formed in the inner side of the jaw b. The outer end of the spring is arranged in a groove formed in the inner side of the movable jaw a. The jaw a is provided with a tooth, p, and the jaw 22 with a recess, p, to accommodate the tooth p and a handle, k. The operating-handle k is pivoted on a pivot, d.

In practice the clothes stick or manipulator A is taken by the handles k k, and when brought in contact with the clothes'to be taken from the boiler, tub, &c., the operating-handle k is forced by the hand in the direction of the handle is, which action closes the mouth and causes the tooth p to grip the clothes and press the same into the recess 10 to hold the clothes fast therein. After the clothes have been gripped by the tooth p and forced into the recess 10' the clothes may be passed from one boiler, tub, &c., to another, and undergo various handlings without the least danger of the clothes slipping from the grip of the tooth p and splashing the hot water about, which is frequently the case when the ordinary means are employed. The manipulatorA takes the place also of the punching-stick, and may be used for that purpose.

The tooth p is made round to prevent injury to the clothes.

Having described my invention and its use, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The jaw or, provided with a recess, 9, and tooth p, in combination with jaw b, provided with recess p and handle k, plate 0, screws f, and pivot e, for securing said jaws together, spring n, for opening said jaws, and operatinghandle it, provided with node h, said handle being pivoted to plate 0 at 11, substantially as shown and described.

DANIEL VVORTHINGTON.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM GLADWIN, HIRAM WHITE. 

